The State of “The Other Side”

In “The People” of 9th  August, 2007, a case of dementia (Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.) seems to be setting in with Sam.  He misses the whole point about the article and chooses to philosophize about the intentions or mis-intentions of “Le Nouveau Seychelles Weekly” rather than take to task the issues that have brought the Commissioner to the forefront with Seychelles Weekly.

Sam aptly forgets the dressing down meted out to the Commissioner during his appearance at the Public Enquiry on events of the 3rd October, 2006.  This, it seems, has nothing to do with conduct becoming of military professionalism.  Another case in point is the “Egbert Jules Savy” passport scandal.  Seychelles is part of Interpol and the Seychelles presence is headed by the Commissioner of Police.  This organization’s protocol demands that member states do not interfere in the internal affairs of its constituents without documented official approval. 

It follows that the issue of a red alert for “Mr. Savy” could only have arisen from the offices of the Commissioner of Police.  This shows that awareness of the issue of a passport to “Mr. Savy” was within knowledge of those issuing the red alert.  To rate the undertaking of an investigation into the circumstances behind the issuing of a fake passport as professional conduct debases the word “professional”.  This trait does not sit well in international circles, especially where accountability, transparency and good governance are measures of socio-political etiquette, a basis considered extremely important among Interpol member states.

A third case in point is the conduct of the Commissioner Police in the publicly aired denials surrounding the Damandra case.  SBC came out in the strongest terms on prime time television on behalf of the Police Commissioner to denounce an article concerning the reported circumstances of this case.  When facts behind the initial account were publicly presented SBC and Co became invisible mutes. 

One is left to ponder on where does this all rank in the light of the article the “Other Side”.  To state that the action behind the Commissioner of Police’s action with respect to the Chief Justice is a measure of the former’s professionalism where a phone call could have sufficed, turns the whole issue into a joke! (Guess who is the clown?) In essence Sam - this is for your own good when you apparently see others throwing stones at glass houses.  Also for good measure the ball is in your court.

August 17, 2007
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